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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Relevant reading
Stefan Rother

Freedom and development

A lack of consensus concerning the definition of a refugee has serious consequences for millions of people

Migration
Ridwanul Hoque

Asian challenge

Bangladesh and other Asian countries must act to alleviate the plight of Rohingya refugees

Biodiversity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Rising to global threat

Pesticide use and climate change drive bees and butterflies toward extinction

Middle East
Sebastian Sons

End of generosity

Saudi Arabia has supported Egypt’s economy for decades but those days now seem to be over

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To prosper, small African countries must cooperate closely

Taking stock of regional integration

Internet
Lisa Feldmann

Networking people and knowledge

Web-based energypedia allows users to share knowledge on energy issues in developing countries

Internet
Lisa Feldmann

Spreading development-relevant information

Why energypedia matters

Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Building a democratic order

When elections cause more problems than they solve

Global role model
Korinna Horta

Harmful competition

World Bank and AIIB must not only pay lip service to social and environmental standards

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Don’t blame the west for everything

Ethnocentric illusions in Europe and North America

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”